And beholding those feats of both Jishnu and his brother, DamodaraKrishna of superhuman intelligence and inconceivable feats, addressing his brother, HalayudhaValadeva of fierce energy, said, That hero there, of tread like that of a mighty lion, who draweth the large bow in his hand four full cubits in length, is Arjuna!

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Who also can overthrow in battle Salya, that first of mighty warriors, except the hero Valadeva or Vrikodara, the son of Pandu, or the heroic Duryodhana?

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The hero of the Vrishni race Krishna suspecting the five persons he had seen at the Swayamvara to be none else than the heroes of the Kuru race, came accompanied by the son of RohiniValadeva, to the house of the potter where those foremost of men had taken up their quarters.

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On arriving there, Krishna and Valadeva beheld seated in that potter's house AjatasanuYudhishthira of well developed and long arms, and his younger brothers passing the splendour of fire sitting around him.

And the Pandavas, beholding Krishna and Valadeva, began to express great delight.

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Then, obtaining Yudhishthira's leave, Krishna of prosperity knowing no decrease, accompanied by Valadeva, hastily went away from the potter's abode

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And one of these hairs viz, that which was white, became Valadeva.

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They who have RamaValadeva as their ally, and JanardanaKrishna as their counsellor, and Satyaki as their partisan, have already defeated everybody in war.

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If the brave son of Kunti viz, Yudhishthira, if Bhima and Arjuna, if these bulls among men, viz, the twins, themselves desire to go and if RamaValadeva and Krishna, both acquainted with every rule of morality, be of the same mind, then let the Pandavas go thither.

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Then Valadeva, white and tall as the peak of Kailasa, decked with garlands of wild flowers and attired in blue robes, and proud and intoxicated with drink, said these words: Ye senseless men, what are ye doing, when Janardana sitteth silent?

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Silence having been restored by the words of the intelligent Valadeva, they took their seats once more in that assembly.

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Then all the Bhojas, Vrishnis, and Andhakas, present there, approved of everything that Valadeva had said, deeply roaring like unto a kettle-drum or the clouds

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And worshipping his old father and his illustrious mother, and saluting his brother Valadeva, he of eyes like lotus-petals took his seat.

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There lived, O monarch, a king of the name of Hansa, who was slain by RamaValadeva after a battle of eighteen days.

With Valadeva as his second, that slayer of foes, viz, Krishna, consumed in battle, with all his troops, the king of the Surasenas, viz, Sunaman, of great activity and prowess in battle, the lord of a full Akshauhini, and the valiant second brother of Kansa, the king of the Bhojas.

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That excellent and best of bows, called the Raudra, which Rohini's son Valadeva had obtained, the latter gave unto the high-souled son of Subhadra, having been gratified with him.

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On one occasion, assailed by Valadeva, Jarasandha, excited with wrath, hurled for our destruction a mace capable of slaying all creatures.

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Bhimasena of great strength and thy son, O monarch, both with uplifted maces in their arms, worshipped Valadeva.

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Having given these orders to the servants, the mighty Valadeva set out on a pilgrimage at that time of great calamity to the Kurus.

Valadeva, having the plough for his weapon, arrived at that tirtha called Sapta-Saraswat, where the great ascetic Mankanaka had performed his penances and became crowned with success

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Bathing there and giving away diverse kinds of gifts, Valadeva then proceeded to the tirtha called Kauvera where the puissant Ailavila, having practised severe austerities, obtained, O king, the Lordship over all treasures.

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In the midst of those kings, Valadeva clad in blue robes and possessed of a fair complexion, looked beautiful like the moon at full surrounded in the night by thousands of stars.

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Valadeva and others of the Bhoja race are partisans of Akrura, and have taken up his side either for the sake of wealth, or mere caprice, or moved by words or by hate.

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Casting aside wrath, and living on regulated diet, one should make these offerings at a Sraddha, uttering these mantras the while, Let Valadeva and other Nagas possessed of great strength, let other mighty snakes of huge bodies that are indestructible and eternal, and let all the other great snakes that have taken their birth in their race, make Vali offerings to me for the enhancement of my strength and energy.

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He that destroys the sixfold attributes at the universal dissolution; He that is felicity in consequence of His swelling with all kinds of prosperity; He that is adorned with the triumphal garland called Vaijayanta; He that is armed with the plough in allusion to His incarnation as Valadeva; He that took birth from the womb of Aditi in the form of the dwarf that beguiled Vali; He that is endued with effulgence like unto the Sun's; He that endures all pairs of opposites such as heat and cold, pleasure and pain, etc;

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O descendant of Kuru, in these delightful and sacred and heaven-like halls of assembly a long time hath fleeted away in thy company without my seeing Vasudeva, Valadeva and other leaders of the Vrishni race.

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Thou shalt also see the irresistible Valadeva and other chiefs of the Vrishni race,

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Meeting my maternal uncle and repairing to Valadeva also, O giver of honours, thou wilt, O thou of great wisdom, worship both of them at my word as they deserve

The foremost of all men, viz, Govinda, came there, accompanied by the Vrishnis, and with Valadeva in the van.

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The illustrious son of Pandu, that chastiser of foes, then duly worshipped the high-souled Govinda and Valadeva of great might, and the thousands of other Vrishni heroes having Pradyumna for their first.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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